阿布扎比新机场建设专项项目即将开始全新招标.docx

Terminal closer to take-off
Last Updated: Mar 1,
Abu Dhabi International Airport has moved closer to stas structured as a public-private partnership, in which contractors would shoulder some of the costs and risk of the project in return for a share of the operating revenues over the terminal's lifespan.
But following the due diligence study, ADAC officials said the new tender was structured as a traditional construction contract. "Abu Dhabi Airports Company is pleased to announce the release of the MTB tender," said Khalifa al Mazrouei, the chairman of ADAC.
The main terminal building will be 700,000 square metres and have an initial capacity of between 27 million and 30 million passengers a year.
The building will be one of the world's largest and will require an estimated 667,000 cubic metres of concrete.
It was designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates of London in the shape of an "X". The central space of the terminal building could hold three full-sized football pitches and features a ceiling 52 metres high at one point.
The entire MTB project is estimated to cost between Dh20 billion (US$) and Dh30bn, and is scheduled for completion by .
It will accommodate 156 check-in counters, up to 65 boarding gates for aircraft as large as the Airbus A380 superjumbo, and up to eight airline lounges.
It will also feature a three-star transit hotel inside